Chicago Parking Meters LLC said they are giving out free minutes, sort of.

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"Payboxes round up to the next minute whenever a fraction of a minute occurs during the parking transaction and, as a customer service initiative, motorists are being given an additional minute of parking to offset inherent differences in timekeeping technology on cellphones and handheld devices," a statement for the company said.

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According to the city, the time is set and synced every day, matching the atomic clock, but we checked meter after meter after meter all over Chicago, and no two meters we checked had the exact same time.